【Zhoufumei】Ore disease

Mephisto's intuition needs to be traced back 18 years.

When he saw Sasha for the first time, the young boy was hiding behind the director of the orphanage, his blue eyes were timid, and he didn't see the firmness now.

At that time, Mephisto was not called Mephisto, and Faust was not called Faust. Ino's biological mother was a famous scholar in Terra, and Sasha was the one she chose to support.The shy child huddled up and lowered his head. The headmaster patted his head and said softly, "This child has natural red pupils. His biological parents thought he was a devil, so they cruelly abandoned him here... "

The little boy's head hangs lower and lower, as if he wants to get into the tile floor under his feet.The precocious Ino couldn't stand it anymore, he tugged at his mother's hand, and moved closer to the little boy:

"Red pupils, the same as the red dot on the rangefinder. When you grow up, you will definitely become an excellent sniper!"

Ino's biological mother took Sasha home and sent the young boy to a boarding school.Since he left, Eno would nod his fingers and look forward to the weekend, and would move a small stool in the afternoon when Sasha came home, and sit in the yard waiting for him.

His Sasha is a calm and reliable big boy, but as long as he is seen in the yard from a distance, his pair of red pupils will light up slightly, and the water in his eyes will become extremely gentle.

Yinuo likes his eyes, and likes him even more.

The peaceful days did not last long.When Sasha came home for the last time, Ino was not waiting for him in the yard. The big boy searched the whole house and found Ino in the attic.

Ino huddled in the corner, and when he heard the sound of the door being pushed in, the white-haired boy raised his head, his face was covered with water stains:

"... Mom committed suicide."

The only window was closed, and the entire attic was pitch black.Light slowly leaked in through the open door, and his boy came with the light and held him tightly in his arms.

"Live, Ino...we can live together."

When the "Day of Requiem" is approaching, the Ursas in various parts of Terra will return to their hometowns, rush to their families, and offer sacrifices to the dead.

This is the original meaning of the festival.However, under the influence of modern business, and the seven-day holiday it brought, the term has become a reference to carnival.The meteorite park in the suburbs is brightly lit, and the commercial street in the park is bustling with people sitting on the lawn beside the meteorite, talking and laughing, enjoying the holiday night.

Mephisto cut off the TV news.The hot scene disappeared, the car screen went dark, and the car fell into silence.

Faust looked at him, reached out and opened the playlist that Mephisto often listened to.

"arrive."

The car stopped at a suburban cemetery.There were very few vehicles in the parking lot. Mephisto stepped off the co-driver and looked towards the Meteorite Park not far away—the soaring lights dyed the clouds above the park, but the long searchlights could not reach the not-too-distant place.Contrary to the bustling park, the cemetery, which symbolizes requiem, is quiet and deserted. There are only a few grave-sweepers, and two or three candles are dotted in the darkness.

Faust picked up the flowers on the back seat, and held Mephistopheles' hand: "Let's go, don't look."

The two walked up the stone steps and found a tombstone with ease.Faust lit the candles on both sides, Mephisto put the bouquet in front of the monument, touched the photo on the monument:

"Mother, we're here to see you. Let me tell you some good news. I'm married to Sasha."

Faust accompanied Mephisto, listening to him slowly recall the big and small things that happened in a year.According to the practice of "Requiem Night", Mephisto finally made a wish on the tombstone, and then pulled Faust forward: "Come, make a wish with mother."

Faust half-kneeled on the ground, clasped his hands, with a very devout expression:

"Thank you for taking care of me, and thank you for bringing Yinuo to my side."

Mephisto patted him on the shoulder with a smile: "It's a wish."

Faust folded his hands again: "I hope Ino can live a safe life."

"Wishes are ineffective when they are spoken."

"It's fine if it doesn't work. If the undead don't bless you, let me protect you. What wish did you make?"

Mephisto squatted in the flickering firelight, dragging his chin with his hands.

"It's still the same old wish... I hope to develop a controllable super virus and turn all human beings all over the world into my 'herd'."

The park in the distance is bustling and bustling, illuminating the open field in a strange way.Mephisto pulled him and slowly walked down the steps of the cemetery. Faust held his hand carefully, and was a little worried about his lover's right leg: "Do you want me to carry you down?"

Just as Mephisto was about to refuse, there was a crackling sound from the sky.Fireworks were set off in Meteorite Park, and the crackling sound was deafening, tearing apart the supposedly quiet Requiem Night.

The sound of horns came across the wilderness, and the host was impassioned, like a lottery scene in a TV commercial: "Come on, let's carry out the tradition of Requiem Night, everyone make a wish on the fireworks—"

Faust frowned.Xiao Baimao turned his back and opened his arms to him: "Hug."

When the vehicle drove on the ring expressway, the fireworks display in the park continued.The developer's publicity efforts are not small. Requiem Night has already entered the second half of the journey, and there are still many vehicles from the city to the suburbs. When Faust drove past them, he distractedly glanced at the sky aside.

I don't know if it was his illusion, but he seemed to see a lot of bright powder in the afterglow, which didn't look like fireworks.

"Mephisto, there seems to be something strange in the sky over there... it's shiny."

Mephisto glanced at it casually, then nestled back on the seat, and yawned big: "Firework fragments...call me when you get home."

Faust didn't take it to heart any more.He stroked his lover's hair and turned down the music again.

"it is good."

"...Wake up, wake up!"

Mephisto jumped up from the desk, picked up the notebook and threw it behind him: "Can you stop suddenly appearing behind me?!"

W tilted his head to avoid the attack, and the notebook hit the broken bone behind him.Mrs. Xiao Zheng wailed, and W quickly turned his head, pretending that nothing happened: "Sleeping so soundly, it seems that the seven-day holiday was very crazy."

Mephisto looked at the time on the phone: "Crazy you big-headed ghost. The centrifuge hasn't turned well yet, are you a ghost?"

The background of the screen is a photo of him playing with Faust. W leaned over to look at his new wallpaper, with a coffee straw in his mouth: "Hey, the evidence is solid."

"Shut up, single dog."

Patriot appeared behind W, and pushed her away lightly: "Researcher W. I want you to send a message, not for you to quarrel with him."

W slipped away.Mephisto turned off the phone screen: "What's the matter?"

Patriot nodded: "New project, you have been appointed, project leader."

Xiao Baimao screamed: "Isn't it?! Sister Tallulah just two months ago—"

"All subjects, pause." Patriot took out the document in his arms, "Do this first, the situation is urgent."

The bag has a CDC seal printed on it.Mephisto looked at the encrypted red badge on his pocket, and a bad premonition rose in his heart: "Aren't those researchers cured and discharged from the hospital? The CDC just declared it to be a common flu."

Tallulah appeared behind the patriot, as if she had just answered the phone: "The latest news this morning. The escort who became ill later showed new symptoms. Black crystals appeared on the patient's body surface, and he vomited blood and local tissue swelling. High-density metal shadows can be seen locally in the lungs. This is a symptom that Quan Taila has never seen before, and it is basically determined to be a new virus. The CDC is conducting gene sequencing work, and the Kingslayer has gone to the front line to collect information."

The Kingslayer is the head of the Epidemic Intelligence Project of the Integration Movement, and he travels around the world all day long.Mephisto nodded: "Tell her to stay away from me when she comes back."

The patriot frowned: "Mephisto. Your mouth is the most inappropriate organ in your entire body."

Tallulah didn't bother to answer his words: "The use record of BSL-4 has been reported, and this project can only be carried out there."

W poked his head from the side: "BSL-4?! Is that an exaggeration?"

The patriot nodded: "Be cautious."

W still has an unbelievable expression: "The biosafety level 4 laboratory, the virus inside can destroy Terra [-] times... I'm not qualified to go in yet!"

Mephisto flicked through the documents in a hurry: "It's full of confidential items, it's okay to let you, an external guy, go in."

W shrugged: "Maybe the researcher just got the flu, didn't he?"

Mephisto smiled brightly: "You'd better pray. If it's really a new virus brought by a meteorite, those who have been to the meteorite park will be finished."

The patriot stood by the window, towering like a hill.Talula appeared behind him: "What did you want to say just now?"

The man with the antler mask didn't look back.He was still looking into the distance, and Tallulah looked along his line of sight. There was Ursus, which was full of traffic, full of prosperity, and the years were quiet.

"Let Kingslayer, pay attention to social reactions. No matter what, report immediately."

Patriot is the most senior researcher in the integration movement. He has served in the Ursas system, and his qualifications and experience are much more than Tallulah.This sentence sounded like a cautious warning, but Tallulah immediately noticed the overtones: "You mean..."

"When I was young, there was an experimental accident, and the vocal cords became like this. No one knew, and they were suppressed. Our opponents are not just viruses."

Tallulah nodded: "Just in case?"

The Patriot was silent for a while.

"... just in case."

Faust has been a little busy lately.

A case of wounding a policeman with a knife occurred in the urban area. The suspect's family members were emotional and insisted on not allowing the police to take the suspect away, and even stabbed the police who came to arrest him.The police could not control the scene, and the request for reinforcements was called to the office of the criminal police team.

Before Faust had time to eat, he was caught in a police car heading to the mission location.Sitting in the co-pilot, he silently gnawed on Mephisto's energy bar: "Spreading rumors?"

The subordinate who was driving nodded: "There has been a new type of flu recently for spreading rumors. Those who posted the post were all arrested, and the time of posting was less than 24 hours."

"more than one?"

"Several of them are doctors. Recently, there was a second flu outbreak, and the beds in the hospital were full. They were afraid of causing panic, so they acted very quickly."

Faust shook his head, folded the wrapping paper properly, and stuffed it into his pocket.

The speed of new media is very fast, and the suspects suspected of spreading rumors were announced on the Internet that night.Just as Faust wanted to read the comments below, Mephisto called.

Mephisto rarely called him during working hours, but whenever he did, there was bound to be pretty bad news.Sure enough, Xiao Baimao's voice was limp, like frosted cotton: "Today I am on night shift, come to accompany me...wait?"

Mephisto paused for a moment: "... Sister Tallulah asked you to sign a non-disclosure agreement."

Faust calculated the time and decided to use his sabbatical: "I will sign. What do I want to bring to you?"

"Aren't you afraid that she will sign a contract of sale for you?"

Faust finished the application form and was about to go to the affairs department to hand over the slip: "She came late, the deed of prostitution has already been signed to you."

Xiao Baimao moaned on the other end of the phone: "You didn't, I didn't see it."

"Doesn't the marriage agreement count?"

"Marriage is the tomb of love. According to what you say, you signed a consent form for cremation."

Faust sighed: "...Ino."

"……just kidding."

When Faust walked out of the affairs department, he happened to meet a dog handler.The white-haired police dog jumped straight at Faust, and Faust squatted down and squeezed the dog's neck: "Are you back from training?"

The dog handler smiled very honestly: "Yes. This child has liked you since he was a child, and he is excited to see him."

Faust suddenly remembered something: "Sorry, police dogs are not allowed to touch."

"It's okay, just don't let others see it."

The dog handler is an old police officer who has known Faust for a long time.The two stood at the door chatting for a while, and the police officer glanced at the ring on Faust's hand: "Go and accompany your lover."

"So obvious?"

The dog handler pulled the rope to stop the white-haired dog from circling Faust: "Of course it's obvious. Isn't your wife working on infectious diseases? There was an incident with the police two days ago, so you should be Listen to the story and play."

"You speak."

"Isn't the new type of flu strictly investigated now? There was a flu patient with a high fever that didn't go away. The neighbors reported it when they heard coughing. The police came to visit, but the patient still refused to go to the hospital. The police reported it to the leadership. Guess how it was handled? …The deputy director asked the police to take off their masks to communicate with the masses, so that they can be considered sympathetic to the people.”

Faust frowned: "The new type of influenza is extremely contagious, how could such a decision be made?"

Tired of playing, the dog sat obediently beside Faust.The dog handler shook his head with a smile, and patted him on the shoulder:

"Your official career has been smooth since you graduated from the Police Academy, and you haven't experienced many messy things. We old fritters, we haven't seen anything."

Faust faintly felt that the story of the old police officer had some overtones.

Mephisto is a scientific madman, but he himself is afraid of the dark and ghosts.When Faust arrived at the Virus Research Institute with the supplies, the whole research room was eating boxed lunches, his picky eater Bai Mao would rather die than surrender, and Mephisto was alone in the computer chair, curled up in a ball with hunger.

Faust called his name, and raised the lunch box in his hand.Mephisto jumped up and rushed towards him: "Dinner!"

Faust stroked his hair, thinking of the white-haired dog just now: "Eat slowly."

W chewed on the takeaway, and began to sneer and sneer: "If he doesn't have you, he will starve to death within three days."

Mephisto took off the lids of the lunch boxes one by one: "Shut up, single dog."

W closed the finished fast food box: "I'm single but not on duty. Spend the night with your little white mouse, bye."

People left one after another, and the lights of the institute went out one by one.Faust went to the tea room and brought Mephisto a pot of hot coffee: "Need it?"

Xiao Baimao was stunned: "You are a genius, I have never figured out how to use that coffee machine."

"I'll teach you how to use it later."

Mephisto retracted under the quilt, holding a warm cup in both hands: "Look, we have been staring at this thing in turn for fourteen days."

The monitor emits a faint light, and on the screen are several live and alive mice.Mephisto pulled him into the quilt and let the police officer hug him: "Those things are full of viruses. W also urged Tallulah to let me use rabbits. Anyone who wants to touch a rabbit will be difficult to fall and faint, and it will take more time to pick it up." Pedal people."

Faust nodded: "Thank you."

"No...have I told you the funny story about my attempted human experiment?"

Faust was stunned: "Human experiments?"

The genius boy nodded: "When I was in college, I switched the cup used to grow the fungus with the volunteer's cup. As a result, he didn't tighten the cap tightly. Before he drank it, the fungus grew out, like a coral."

Faust followed his finger and saw the aquarium in the distance.The fish in the water were frightened and were scurrying around in the glass box: "... Volunteer?"

Xiao Baimao said boldly: "If you don't volunteer, you have to volunteer."

"and then?"

"They reported it to the school, and a record of attempted human experiments was added to my resume."

Faust sighed: "...your cognition is quite different from that of ordinary people."

"Of course. No ordinary person can graduate from university at the age of 15, graduate with a doctorate degree, and immediately work in the top research laboratory of Terra after graduation."

They are wrapped in the same quilt.Faust smiled and ruffled his hair again.

"Yes, my genius expert."

After the death of their mother, the two spent a dark time together.

Until now, Sasha still doesn't know what Eno did at that time.All he knew was that when everything was settled, the white-haired boy was sitting across the table, holding two application forms.

The paper was very thin, but his shoulders were even thinner. After experiencing an unspeakable disaster, the young man was so weak that he would fall over in a single blow.

"I took back part of my mother's scientific research results, not all of them were taken away by that scumbag. Sasha, I want to continue her unfinished research, but this name can no longer be used. Are you willing to change your name with me? ?"

The boy didn't look at the two pieces of paper.His Sasha rushed over and pressed him firmly in his arms:

"Ino...Ino...!"

Ino took a deep breath, buried his head into his shoulder and neck, secretly hiding his fragile expression.

In the early summer of the coming year, the best police academy in Ursas.The welcome coach looked at the roster, then at the red-eyed boy in front of him: "Faust?"

Faust stood upright and gave him a standard military salute:

"Yes!"

There are not many things he wants to protect.A gun, a person, constituted the whole of his short life.

If the white-haired boy is the star in the pavilion, then he will step on the ground and prevent him from being stained with dust.

When Mephisto woke up, his lover was still staring at the screen without blinking.Xiao Baimao rubbed his eyes, and raised himself from his embrace: "...haven't slept all this time?"

Faust gave him a kiss: "A necessary skill for the police. Are you going to wash your face?"

"Okay, I want to eat cookies from the vending machine."

Faust washed up casually, and walked back with the biscuits.He reopened the door of the laboratory, but Mephisto didn't rush forward immediately. The researcher turned his back to him, staring at the display screen motionlessly.

"……do not come."

Faust stopped at the door.Mephisto manipulated the camera for a while, picked up the white coat in one hand, and walked towards Faust quickly: "Leave the research institute immediately, go to the disinfection room for thorough disinfection before leaving, and change all clothes at home, you will do of."

Faust didn't ask deeply: "Protect yourself first."

Mephisto put the white coat on himself, turned around and gave him a kiss.

"You too."

His lover is a soldier dressed in white, the white coat is the cape of a general, and the armor of a soldier.

When Faust left the laboratory, the Patriot was hurrying past him, brushing his shoulders, without even having time to say hello.Faust glanced at the monitor, and Mephisto was slipping himself into the protective suit. In front of him was the laboratory for cultivating mice. They stared at the place all night.

The captain of the criminal police bathed in the warm sun outside the window, and his bad premonition grew stronger.

-tbc-

BSL-4 is the laboratory with the highest level of biosafety, and it is full of super viruses with strong contagiousness and high lethality.